So, I always had these watery landscapes and boats around, and they feel like home.”Īs for the charm of the late 70s setting, Ronan recalls another memory, which turned out to be a defining moment for Under The Waves many years later. And I still spend a lot of time by the ocean, in Brittany, France, where my family is from. He was assigned to different locations around the world, so we used to live abroad, most of the time on islands. “My father was a Marine, in the French army. “It goes all the way back in my youth,” Ronan says. Rewinding the whole creative process, Ronan confides the project was grounded in his own past. He will eventually have to make a difficult choice.To give some context as to why the Quantic Dream Publishing team fell in love with Under The Waves, we asked Ronan Coiffec, CEO & Game Director at Parallel Studio, a few questions, between two polishing sessions on the latest build of the game. The isolation of the deep sea is a fitting manifestation of his state of mind, and as Stan retreads further into his self-imposed solitude, he starts to experience strange events far beneath the waves. Set in the depths of the North Sea in a techno-futuristic 1970s, professional diver Stan is struggling to overcome a life-changing loss and embrace a new future. The game is set to be released on August 29 and will be available on Playstation 4 / Playstation 5 / Xbox One / Xbox Series / PC (Steam & Epic Games Store).Īccording to the game's official Steam page, Under The Waves is a narrative-driven adventure game about the engulfing power of grief. The deep-sea adventure game Under the Waves developed by Parallel Studio and published by Quantic Dream unveiled a brand new trailer today at the 2023 Summer Game Fest, showcasing the atmospheric deep-sea environments of the game while teasing the dangers that the protagonist will soon face.
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